“We’re preparing for the worst and praying for the best,” Rockbridge Regional Jail Superintendent Derek Almarode said of the facility’s precautions in the midst of the current national health emergency.
Local law enforcement officials are coordinating their efforts after Rockbridge County and Buena Vista and Lexington cities announced a local state of emergency amid the spread of the coronavirus in Virginia.
Eye protection, face mask, disposable gloves and smock, otherwise known as personal protective equipment, Rockbridge County Fire-Rescue and EMS Chief Nathan Ramsey said, is “good practice” for local personnel responding to medical calls during the Coronavirus pandemic.
The following message is from the Rockbridge Feeds Hunger Coalition, a group of organizations in Rockbridge County committed to fighting hunger and food insecurity in the county.
The Virginia Horse Center Foundation board of directors announced Tuesday that it is closing the center for a two-week period starting immediately due to the potential health risk posed by the coronavirus.
The General Assembly last week managed to complete its regular legislative session with just a one-day extension, take a three-day break, then adopt a two-year $135 billion budget. The last of these occurred on Thursday, just before state and local directives shut down the schools and pretty much everything else due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The Effinger Ruritan Club, as part of its mission to serve and support rural people and communities, welcomes scholarship applications from students residing in the Effinger, Collierstown, and South Buffalo areas of Rockbridge County.
School cancellations and event cancellations abound. Area residents see-saw between panic and the necessity to maintain a modicum of normalcy. After all, there are still cars on the road and people on the streets, even if there’s no toilet paper on the shelves.
Area school divisions are working to keep students fed over the statewide two-week school closure mandated by Gov. Ralph Northam in response to the coronavirus emergency.
